Ralph Müller

42.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
516 papers, 32.4k citations indexed

About

Ralph Müller is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Müller has authored 516 papers receiving a total of 32.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 182 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 146 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ralph Müller's work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (219 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (88 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (86 papers). Ralph Müller is often cited by papers focused on Bone health and osteoporosis research (219 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (88 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (86 papers). Ralph Müller collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Ralph Müller's co-authors include P. Rüegsegger, Steven K. Boyd, Mary Bouxsein, Robert E. Guldberg, Karl J. Jepsen, Bernd Christiansen, Harry van Lenthe, T. Hildebrand, Sandra Hofmann and Martin Stauber and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Müller

507 papers receiving 31.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Guidelines for assessment of bone microstructure in rodents using micro–computed tomography
    2010 3.5k citations Ralph Müller et al. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research profile →
  2. Direct Three-Dimensional Morphometric Analysis of Human Cancellous Bone: Microstructural Data from Spine, Femur, Iliac Crest, and Calcaneus
    1999 1.1k citations Ralph Müller et al. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research profile →
  3. A microtomographic system for the nondestructive evaluation of bone architecture
    1996 731 citations Ralph Müller et al. profile →
  4. Repair of bone defects using synthetic mimetics of collagenous extracellular matrices
    2003 642 citations Ralph Müller et al. profile →
  5. TRANCE/RANKL Knockout Mice Are Protected from Bone Erosion in a Serum Transfer Model of Arthritis
    2001 618 citations Ralph Müller et al. profile →
  6. Morphometric Analysis of Human Bone Biopsies: A Quantitative Structural Comparison of Histological Sections and Micro-Computed Tomography
    1998 531 citations Ralph Müller et al. profile →
  7. Engineering the Growth Factor Microenvironment with Fibronectin Domains to Promote Wound and Bone Tissue Healing
    2011 371 citations Mikaël M. Martino, Gisela Kuhn et al. profile →
  8. Bone fragility in diabetes: novel concepts and clinical implications
    2022 248 citations Morten Frost, Ralph Müller et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ralph Müller 10.8k 10.7k 8.0k 7.9k 3.8k 516 32.4k
Steven A. Goldstein 5.9k 0.5× 7.3k 0.7× 12.9k 1.6× 12.0k 1.5× 2.1k 0.5× 487 53.8k
Adele L. Boskey 6.5k 0.6× 6.4k 0.6× 7.3k 0.9× 3.5k 0.4× 3.5k 0.9× 363 24.4k
David B. Burr 15.1k 1.4× 6.1k 0.6× 6.6k 0.8× 7.3k 0.9× 5.9k 1.6× 327 27.9k
Michael T. Longaker 3.2k 0.3× 6.1k 0.6× 15.0k 1.9× 13.9k 1.8× 3.5k 0.9× 884 49.6k
Ling Qin 5.6k 0.5× 7.2k 0.7× 4.5k 0.6× 6.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 679 23.6k
Charles H. Turner 14.1k 1.3× 5.3k 0.5× 9.8k 1.2× 5.6k 0.7× 5.4k 1.4× 257 28.7k
Peter Fratzl 7.2k 0.7× 16.7k 1.6× 4.7k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 642 45.0k
Robert E. Guldberg 2.8k 0.3× 7.6k 0.7× 5.1k 0.6× 5.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 285 19.5k
Harrie Weinans 6.2k 0.6× 9.0k 0.8× 3.3k 0.4× 11.4k 1.4× 998 0.3× 469 27.4k
Milena Fini 2.7k 0.3× 7.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.4× 6.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 657 21.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Müller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralph Müller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralph Müller based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ralph Müller. Ralph Müller is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whittier, Danielle E., Matthias Walle, Penny R. Atkins, et al.. (2025). Structural alterations during fracture healing lead to void spaces developing in surrounding bone microarchitecture. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 40(6). 791–798.
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Behan, Fearghal P., Anthony M. J. Bull, Belinda R. Beck, et al.. (2024). Developing an exercise intervention to minimise hip bone mineral density loss following traumatic lower limb amputation: a Delphi study. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 58(21). 1251–1257. 1 indexed citations
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Nayer, Bhavana, Jean L. Tan, Yen‐Zhen Lu, et al.. (2024). Local administration of regulatory T cells promotes tissue healing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7863–7863. 28 indexed citations
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Qiu, Wanwan, et al.. (2024). Coumarin‐Based Photodegradable Hydrogels Enable Two‐Photon Subtractive Biofabrication at 300 mm s−1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(45). e202404599–e202404599. 15 indexed citations
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Zhao, Feihu, Philipp Fisch, Sung Sik Lee, et al.. (2024). Synthetic biodegradable microporous hydrogels for in vitro 3D culture of functional human bone cell networks. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5027–5027. 37 indexed citations
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Singh, Amit, et al.. (2024). Unveiling frailty: comprehensive and sex-specific characterization in prematurely aging PolgA mice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1365716–1365716. 2 indexed citations
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Qiu, Wanwan, et al.. (2023). A Synthetic Dynamic Polyvinyl Alcohol Photoresin for Fast Volumetric Bioprinting of Functional Ultrasoft Hydrogel Constructs. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(20). 44 indexed citations
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Walle, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Meta-analysis of Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Differences in Bone Structure Assessed by High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 20(6). 398–409. 47 indexed citations
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Babić, Marija M., Jovana S. Vuković, Marija Vukomanović, et al.. (2022). Bioactive Interpenetrating Hydrogel Networks Based on 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate and Gelatin Intertwined with Alginate and Dopped with Apatite as Scaffolding Biomaterials. Polymers. 14(15). 3112–3112. 9 indexed citations
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Babić, Marija M., Jovana S. Vuković, Marija Vukomanović, et al.. (2021). Biodegradable Hydrogel Scaffolds Based on 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate, Gelatin, Poly(β-amino esters), and Hydroxyapatite. Polymers. 14(1). 18–18. 13 indexed citations
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Wuertz‐Kozak, Karin, Martin Roszkowski, Elena Cambria, et al.. (2020). Effects of Early Life Stress on Bone Homeostasis in Mice and Humans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(18). 6634–6634. 15 indexed citations
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Julier, Ziad, Bhavana Nayer, Yen‐Zhen Lu, et al.. (2020). Enhancing the regenerative effectiveness of growth factors by local inhibition of interleukin-1 receptor signaling. Science Advances. 6(24). eaba7602–eaba7602. 28 indexed citations
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Hulsart‐Billström, Gry, Jonathan I. Dawson, Sandra Hofmann, et al.. (2016). A surprisingly poor correlation between in vitro and in vivo testing of biomaterials for bone regeneration: results of a multicentre analysis. European Cells and Materials. 31. 312–322. 111 indexed citations
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Christen, D. K., Alexander Zwahlen, & Ralph Müller. (2013). Reproducibility for linear and nonlinear micro-finite element simulations with density derived material properties of the human radius. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 29. 500–507. 8 indexed citations
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Ruffoni, Davide, et al.. (2011). How does cement augmentation increase the mechanical properties of trabecular bone?. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Snedeker, Jess G., Gadi Pelled, Y. Zilberman, et al.. (2008). An Analytical Model for Elucidating Tendon Tissue Structure and Biomechanical Function from in vivo Cellular Confocal Microscopy Images. Cells Tissues Organs. 190(2). 111–119. 18 indexed citations
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Voide, Romain, Harry van Lenthe, Martin Stauber, et al.. (2008). Functional microimaging. A hierarchical investigation of bone failure behavior. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 18(1). 9–21. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Ralph & Harry van Lenthe. (2004). 3-D Microcomputed tomography: a new method to assess bone microarchitecture. 26. 285–293. 1 indexed citations

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